Wolfen (band)

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Wolfen
General information
Genre (s) Heavy metal , power metal , thrash metal
founding 1994
Website www.welten-metal.de
Founding members
Andreas von Lipinski (until early 2008)
Frank J. Noras
Karsten Drexler (until 1996)
Current occupation
singing
 Andreas von Lipinski (since the end of 2008)
guitar
 Frank J. Noras
guitar
 Andreas Doetsch (since 2017)
Drums
 Siggi Grütz (2006–2009, since 2016)
bass
 Nicolas Filter (since 2013)
former members
Drums
 Martin Orbanz (1996-1998)
bass
 Maurice Lohrke (1997, 2008-2009)
bass
 Arnulf Schmitz (1997-1998)
bass
 Gernot Thiel (1998-2007)
bass
 Ralf Roesch (2007-2008)
singing
 Jasmin Baur (2008)
Drums
 Holger Bloempott (2000-2006, 2009-2015)
Drums
 Rob Ferdula (2006)
Drums
 Martin Below (1998-2000)
guitar
 Björn Grüne (1997-2017)

Wolfen is a German power and thrash metal band from Cologne, founded in 1994 .

history

After various appearances, u. a. In 1995 at the London Marquee Club , the band recorded the demo Mission of Freedom with the line-up of Andreas von Lipinski (vocals and bass), Frank J. Noras (guitars) and Karsten Drexler (drums) . A year later the band released the demo No Sleep til Dawn (with Martin Orbanz on drums) and a year later Blindfold in Stone (with Björn Grüne on second guitar and Maurice Lohrke on bass). In the spring of 1998 the band recorded the CD Demo '98 (meanwhile with Arnulf Schmitz on bass and Martin Below on drums). A year later the demo Apocalyptic Waltz followed (on bass Gernot Thiel).

In 2000 the band released their debut album Don't Trust the White . After the recordings, Holger Bloempott joined the band on drums. This line-up was followed by Humanity ... Sold out! and in 2006 The Truth Behind . During this time the band had various appearances, including with Kreator , In Flames , Hate Squad , Annihilator and Perzonal War .

After Bloempott left and, shortly afterwards, Thiel and Lipinski, Noras and Grüne kept the band alive with various lineups. With the return of singer von Lipinski and in 2009 from Bloempott, the band started Mission Chapter IV as a quartet with singer von Lipinski again on bass. In 2012 the band released the album on their new record company Pure Steel Records .

After the recordings and various appearances, the band looked around for a new bass player so that Andreas von Lipinski could concentrate on the vocals. With Nicolas Filter on bass she played at festivals in Germany (Battle of Metal, Summernight Open Air, Heavy Metal Battle, Hochland Rock) and the Netherlands with Martyr before the songwriting for the fifth album began.

In September 2014 Evilution was released , with which the band, in addition to individual appearances, went on the “German Metal Attack Tour” with Nitrogods , Heavatar and Grave Digger at the end of 2014 .

Holger Bloempott left the band at the end of 2015. At the beginning of 2016, Siggi Grütz was introduced as the new drummer. Björn Grüne left the band in spring 2017. In the summer of 2017, Andreas Doetsch was introduced as the new guitarist. With this line-up they went to Gernhart Studios in January 2018 to record the sixth long player.

In spring 2018, the band's first two long players will be announced as double CDs by the Pure Steel Records label, as the original CDs have not been available for a long time. As a bonus, an unreleased song from the humanity era should be included. Rise of the Lycans is slated for release in summer 2018.

Discography

  • 2000: Don't Trust the White (Point Music)
  • 2004: Humanity ... Sold out! (TTS Media Music)
  • 2006: The Truth Behind (TTS Media Music)
  • 2012: Chapter IV ( Pure Legend Records )
  • 2014: Evilution (Pure Legend Records)
  • 2018: Don't Trust the White / Humanity ... Sold out! Re-edition (Pure Legend Records), Spring
  • 2018: Rise of the Lycans (Pure Legend Records), Summer

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